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Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius [Pallas, 1771]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Charadriidae
BTO Codes:
IP , SOCPL
EURING No:
4910
Number in Britain:
1 record/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
1 Global Conservation Concern; Critically Endangered
Global:
Critically Endangered
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
Monotypic
.
Length:
28 cm
Wingspan:
73 cm
Weight:
M/F: 220 g
Scientific name from:
L.: vannus a winnowing fan (in ref. to its floppy flight)
and L.: gregarius =gregarious
World Distribution:
BREEDS: sc Russia, WINTERS: Middle East, ne Africa
Habitat:
Dry steppe
Diet:
Insects, esp beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Lancashire, c. 1860
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
36
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
September to November
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Orkney
(1969),
North-east England:
North-west England:
Lancashire
,
English Midlands:
Derbyshire
,
Northamptonshire
,
Nottinghamshire
,
Eastern England:
South-east England:
South-west England:
Cornwall
,
Devon
,
Wales:
Other Names
Sociable Lapwing
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Cwtiad Heidiol
Danish:
Steppevibe
Dutch:
Steppekievit
Finnish:
Arohyyppä
French:
Vanneau sociable
German:
Steppenkiebitz
Hungarian:
Lilebíbic
Icelandic:
Steppuvepja
Irish:
Pilibín Ealtúil
Italian:
Pavoncella gregaria
Norwegian:
Steppevipe
Polish:
Czajka towarzyska
Portuguese:
Abibe-gregário
Spanish:
Chorlito social
Swedish:
Stäppvipa
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